Tuesday, March 19, 2013

We couldn't find any lounge chairs... so couches had to work... I had my game and journal Ron had a book... so we were happy to be out of the COLD!..

Here's our view of the ship from our spot! Look at all the People. WAS NOT very warm out either!

We played for over a hour... and by the next day I had a Very SORE shoulder... BUT I WON! PURE LUCK!
Golf.. Ron Won... BUT I almost got a Hole in ONE.... went right on the edge of the hole........ TOO FUNNY!

OK I'm done blogging our trip... Still can't believe we went... I couldn't help think of my Father and How he had always wanted to see Alaska and Never got there.... Glad we are making our dreams come true!...
Next cruise will be Alaska this Summer... and for our 40th Anniversary we'll be doing the Panama cruise. Then I think........ We'll just Wait and See... Ron isn't sold on Cruising as much as I em!..

For some reason they are all Mixed up... Back on ship for one of the Sunsets!

Walk way thru the ruins... SHORT People!

Can't believe we were at the Cayman Islands... I Never thought we'd ever get too these places....

You can see from this picture NOT much for Swimming... Coral the whole length of beach. BUT was GREAT for snorkeling. Saw All kinds of Fish... BIG Ones to Little ones.... And NOT so good on the feet... Received coral in my BIG Toe... still trying to get out!...

They had this little shopping area by the ship... Most of the shops were Closed.

I LOVED the showers.... PULL Chain... how cute is that!

This is Jamaica.... Not good for Snorkeling... and Swimming.? Not so much either... Just Wave jumping.... Still a lot of fun trying to ride the WAVE!... Dad could do it... NOT ME!

Rows and rows of lounge chairs...

Had to Write in the sand... Cathy's Idea......

I got YELLed at for taking this picture.... STILL Got it!

Our Last stop... This is in Jamaica... You will note the Iron fence... It's complete fenced in.... Ship in the back ground... Felt very Safe..... Outside... not so much!...They had All kinds of shops.... We didn't shop outside !...

Saturday, March 16, 2013

I Can't believe this Month is HALF over with... WHAT a Ride its Been... We spent 2 weeks OK Over 2 weeks on VACATION..... Made a trip to Houston to See Ronny's Family, and while there took a Cruise out of Galveston...SO left here Feb 26th and got home March 14th.
The Weather COULD had been better. NOT Nice in Houston, Windy , cloudy, cold.. but I was determine to wear SHORTs OK with a Sweatshirt!
We got in some Shopping, Rodeo, Zoo, and working in the yard... Jaiden and Kai.. are very BUSY little boys... Always on the go! Wore me out FAST... Thank goodness for PEPSI.
Ronny dropped us off at the Ship at 1045.. His church started at noon so we didn't want him to miss it... Course on the way back there was a BIG wreck so he was stuck in Traffic..... Just barely Making it. Thank goodness he had packed a snack and movie for the boys!...
They let us in early... we weren't to be there until 1.... worked out GREAT... Still didn't get on the boat until around 1.... First stop.....Our Room... OK MY Its Really SMALL... good thing we don't plan to stay in there for LONG!.... NEXT LUNCH.. What a Spread, Amazing... LOTS of food to choose from. We ate at the First one we came too....BIG Mistake.. whole end of boat were different FOOD.... SO we had to eat more.
Then we walked ALL around the boat looking at all the stuff to do. GOING to be FUN... They have a Rock climbing WALL... Ice skating ring., golf, roller skating., CASINO!
We have 3 ports , Cozumel, Grand Cayman and Jamaica......
Not the nicest weather on board the ship... over casted, windy.... and cold... We passed on the pool.. Maybe on the trip back....
We Found they DO NOT have a Nice lounge to over look the ocean, really NO Place to get out of the wind to read and enjoy the view. Finally ended up in the food area.... This way we had a table for LUNCH!.
They had Rooms FOR Gold Card holders..., Different Groups, activities.,
We did find IF you got to the Top Hats Lounge, Early We could use the couches to read on...SO that was our place to go....
The Food was Amazing.,,, LOTS of it... WAY To Many People.. over 3200 on board PLUS 1200 workers.
Ports were busy. 5 to 6 Ships at each port... so LOTS of People...
Just to go to a beach cost us 60.00.. in Jamaica, and MORE at Cayman....We did snorkel in Cayman WHERE I got coral in my big toe... I'm still trying to get it OUT!... Great for Snorkeling just not for Swimming... and the Jamaica beach was great for Wave Jumping... and nothing else!...
We did find out we weren't in Idaho... Women just Change Right On the Beach... Saw Things that's Hard to get out of your HEAD!...YIPS!!
I also burned the tops of my Feet so wore my sandals the whole trip...DUMB Move on my part!...
Shows were GREAT.... the Ice Show... A M A Z I N G....
All in all... WAS a Wonderful TRIP... SO Ready to do it again........

We received Cute animals made out of towels on our bed.... every OTHER night!... WE had a NEW GUY!.... Just learning the skills!...

The Sunsets were Beautiful... Bad part was our dining time was at 5 45.... and That's when the sunsets were... SO We missed a FEW....

They had a Circus down the middle of the ship.... Was amazing SHIP.... and they always had something going on.... I just GLAD we didn't get a Room to over look the shops!..Ron wanted it!.... ;) Bands playing WAY pass 1.......

Ron was ready in case someone jumped!

Just amazing stair case.....

Our new friends who shared our dinner table.... That Tom and Susan Osgood. They live in Houston and Had invited us for Dinner on Wednesday. Very nice of them.. BUT We passed!... Next trip!

Our Last walk.... OFF the ship we GO.. Just a wonderful time... I'm Ready for my NEXT CRUISE...

THIS sunset cost Ron his Harley Davis Hat... He Took it too our last dinner.... and I wanted to get pictures of the sunset so we Ran out to get it.... one Hour later he remembers he left it on the chair at our table... Went back.... and its gone.... Went to the lost and Found and our waiter came saying Tom and Susan picked it up... OK We have their number.... we'll call them in the morning... They had turned it in to the Last and Found... BUT when we check there... They Only had a Very Worn out Harley Hat.....Ron WAS NOT happy and I know I was being BLAMED for it....He checked just before we got off the boat again.... AND IT WAS THERE!!! OH HAPPY DAYS!!